Louisiana Tech guard Raheem Appleby and his Bulldog teammates take on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Wednesday at the Thomas Assembly Center.

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After a four-year hiatus, Louisiana Tech and Louisiana Lafayette will renew the oldest rivalry in program history on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. at the Thomas Assembly Center.

The rivalry dates back all the way to the first ever basketball season for the Bulldogs in 1926 when La. Tech (6-1) came out on the winning end twice. In the 86 years of basketball played at LA Tech, there has only been eight seasons where the Bulldogs and Ragin' Cajuns did not play each other on the hardwood.

The Bulldogs have won 19 straight home games in the friendly confines of the Thomas Assembly Center dating back to ...